This one really made us laugh. Sent by the email address uklottery_09@luckymail.com, it makes creative - though confused - use of stolen logos (both Yahoo AND MSN?) --- and even sports a rather large photo of the alleged "Lottery Board Director"!

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Yahoo Awards Center

BRITISH MICROSOFT E-MAIL SELECT AWARD FROM HEAD OFFICES LONDON.

British Microsoft Award
Headquarters: Customerservice

33 Yatch Basin Marina  Office,
UponTyne Newcastle London

Attn:Winner


Your email address have just won a Yahoo cum Windows live prize money of (ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) (GBP£1,000,000.00) today 8th April,2008.

Award winners emerge through random selection of all active email subscribers online. Six are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion.
 

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. This Prize Award must be claimed in not later than 15 days from date of draw notification after which unclaimed prizes are cancelled.

                                  

WINNER NO: 2


These are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER:  2007234522
AWARD WINNING NO: 2


 These numbers fall within the South African file.Thus, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in  Johannesburg  and send your winning identification numbers to him:

CONTACT OUR AGENT:MR.FANA BALOYI

 UNITED KINGDOM MICROSOFT AWARD REPRESENTATIVE AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092
P O BOX 906171
MARSHALL TOWN 2107
Johannesburg, South Africa

PHONE NUMBER :+27730654171

FAX NUMBER:+27866196582

Email:kntctme@live.com

Kindly send the following information to your claim agent to facilitate the release of your fund.


1. Full Names:
2. Date of birth:
3. Sex:
4. Marital status:
5. Nationality:
6. Contact Address:
7. Telephone Number:
8. Next of kin:

9: Occupation



Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,


Dr.(Mrs)Felicia  Dan

NOTE
You are hereby advised not to disclose the content of this Prize Award until your money have been remitted to you to avoid disqualification that will arise from dual claim.


Best Regard,
DR.  Felicia Dan (Mrs) 

Lottery Board Director.


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